The number 153 is the 17thtriangular number. The colours show that 153 is also the sum of the first five positivefactorials.
The number 153 is associated with the geometric shape known as theVesica piscis or Mandorla.Archimedes, in hisMeasurement of a Circle, referred to this ratio (153/265), as constituting the "measure of the fish", this ratio being an imperfect representation of.[2]
The number 153 is also ahexagonal number, and a truncated triangle number, meaning that 1, 15, and 153 are all triangle numbers.
The distinct prime factors of 153 add up to 20, and so do the ones of 154, hence the two form aRuth-Aaron pair.
Since, it is a 3-narcissistic number, and it is also the smallest three-digit number which can be expressed as the sum of cubes of its digits.[3] Only five other numbers can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of their digits:0,1, 370, 371 and 407.[4] It is also aFriedman number, since 153 = 3 × 51.
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